Zakiya Leggett

Mortality patterns following a hickory decline event - Is density reduction key to maintaining bitternut hickory?

FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT, 485.

Catalyzing rapid discovery of gold-precipitating bacterial lineages with university students

PeerJ, 8, e8925.

Human Dimensions: Raising Black Excellence by Elevating Black Ecologists Through Collaboration, Celebration, and Promotion

The Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America, 101(4).

Impacts on soil nitrogen availability of converting managed pine plantation into switchgrass monoculture for bioenergy

SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT, 654, 1326–1336.

Effects of forest-based bioenergy feedstock production on shallow groundwater quality of a drained forest soil

Science of The Total Environment, 631-632, 13–22.

Impacts of forest-based bioenergy feedstock production on soil nitrogen cycling

Forest Ecology and Management, 419-420, 227–239.

Soil and Aggregate-Associated Carbon in a Young Loblolly Pine Plantation

Soil Science, 11, 1.

Soil CO2 efflux and root productivity in a switchgrass and loblolly pine intercropping system

Forests, 7(10).

Biofuel intercropping effects on soil carbon and microbial activity

Ecological Applications, 25(1), 140–150.

Explaining the apparent resiliency of loblolly pine plantation to organic matter removal

[E-Gen Tech. Report]. Proceedings of the 17th biennial southern silvicultural research conference, 237–243. Asheville, NC: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Southern Research Station.

Impacts of switchgrass-loblolly pine intercropping on soil physical properties of a drained forest

Transactions of the ASABE, 58(6), 1573–1583.

Microbial nitrogen cycling response to forest-based bioenergy production

Ecological Applications, 25(8), 2366–2381.

Nitrogen and Carbon of Switchgrass, Loblolly Pine, and Cottonwood Biofuel Production Systems in the Southeast United States

Forest Science, 61(3), 522–534.

Removal of Organic Matter from the Forest Floor in Loblolly Pine Plantations Increased Ground-Layer Richness and Diversity 16 Years after Treatment

Forest Science, 61(3), 554–558.

Evaluating changes in switchgrass physiology, biomass, and light-use efficiency under artificial shade to estimate yields if intercropped with Pinus taeda L.

Agroforestry Systems, 88(3), 489–503.

Gas exchange and stand-level estimates of water use and gross primary productivity in an experimental pine and switchgrass intercrop forestry system on the Lower Coastal Plain of North Carolina, USA

Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 192, 27–40.

Switchgrass intercropping reduces soil inorganic nitrogen in a young loblolly pine plantation located in coastal North Carolina

Forest Ecology and Management, 319, 161–168.

The effect of organic matter manipulations on site productivity, soil nutrients, and soil carbon on a southern loblolly pine plantation

Forest Ecology and Management, 326, 25–35.

Debate: Can Bioenergy Be Produced in a Sustainable Manner That Protects Biodiversity and Avoids the Risk of Invaders?

Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America, 94(3), 277–290.

The challenge of lignocellulosic bioenergy in a water-limited world

BioScience, 63(2), 102–117.

Evaluation of intercropped switchgrass establishment under a range of experimental site preparation treatments in a forested setting on the Lower Coastal Plain of North Carolina, USA

Biomass and Bioenergy, 46, 673–682.

Loblolly Pine Age and Density Affects Switchgrass Growth and Soil Carbon in an Agroforestry System

Forest Science, 58(5), 485–496.

Water relations and productivity in an intercropped pine-switchgrass study examining biofuel production in North Carolina, USA

Proceedings from Sun Grant National Conference: Science for Biomass Feedstock Production and Utilization. Presented at the 2012 National Conference: Science for Biomass Feedstock Producation and Utilization, New Orleans, LA.

Loblolly pine growth and soil nutrient stocks eight years after forest slash incorporation

Forest Ecology and Management, 257(5), 1413–1419.

Fertilization effects on carbon pools in loblolly pine plantations on two upland sites

Soil Science Society of America Journal, 70(1), 279–286.

Analyzing water soluble soil organics as trifluoroacetyl derivatives by liquid state proton nuclear magnetic resonance

Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis, 36(19-20), 2793–2805.

Gross vs net rates of N mineralization and nitrification as indicators of functional differences between forest types

Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 33(14), 1889–1901.